Long-term hospitalization for tuberculosis control: experience with a medical-psychosocial inpatient unit

Article Abstract:

A hospital ward specifically set aside for tuberculosis patients may be an option for those patients who cannot be treated in an outpatient setting. The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston created an 18-bed tuberculosis treatment unit in 1990 and as of 1995, 166 tuberculosis patients were treated there. Length of stay ranged from seven days to more than one year. Thirty-six patients had drug-resistant tuberculosis and in 16 cases, the disease was resistant to more than one drug. About 75% of the patients were eventually discharged and completed treatment in an outpatient setting.

Statistics, Hospital patients

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A 52-Year-Old Man With a Positive PPD

Article Abstract:

The treatment of people who test positive for tuberculosis is reviewed. People who test positive on the tuberculin skin test may not have active disease, but doctors may choose to treat them anyway to prevent active disease.

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